COMMISSIONS

I am available to do commissions to suit you. People have often liked work of mine that has sold, or has certain animals or themes to them. Some want something more personal. Some have stories that they want illustrating or want family portraits in my style!

Let me know what you would like. Then I will produce several sketches based on the info given. We will work on the drawings until we are happy with an image. We will then work out a size and a price and you will be involved throughout the production of the work.

REMINDER OF CHILDHOOD

This is a great ideas for a commission. This is a painting I did of my son and all of his favourite cuddly toys. He was very attached to them and thought it would be a lovely idea to preserve them in the painting so that he could look back at it when he is older and be reminded of the. He is 8 now and still has most of them!

Do you still have your child's favourite toys ? Get in touch if you would like to chat about possible commission ideas!!

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DOG LOVERS COMMISSION

One of my most recent commissions was for one of my buyers in Kent. She really loved my work and asked me to do a portrait of her and her husband in my character style. She has two dogs – an Airedale Terrier called Lottie and a Golden Spaniel called Moose – and she wanted a canvas of the four of them together.

She started the process by sending me lots of images of the dogs and I produced several sketches of how it could look. We were in constant communication through email. We finally decided on the drawing she liked, that best captured the likenesses of the dogs and the characteristics of her and her husband.

‘When I scrolled down to the drawing it made me laugh out loud and then my eyes welled up. It is truly perfect, us to a T’

We decided on the size and price of the canvas. I then produced a few colour studies of the dogs and started the canvas. I updated the client every time I had done some work on the painting to show her where I was up to and to check it was going ok. If there was anything she did not like (colour of background, shape of the dogs, tone of the fur) she could let me know and I could change it in the process.

After a few weeks of emails I finally finished the painting and the client was more than happy!

‘I am very grateful for your patience and completely delighted with the results! I am one happy bunny’

​GOOSE COMMISSION

One couple approached me after seeing a piece of my work featuring geese. They were interested in a commission including two figures and a gathering of geese around them. I produced about 9 drawings for them of different figures, different compositions and varying numbers of geese. They then picked what they liked out of each drawing and we came up with a drawing we were all happy with. Then I produced a canvas for them. They visited me several times at the studio while the work was being produced and I sent them regular updates via email. They were very pleased with the result!

'I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU' COMMISSION

Another commission was for a client who had seen one of my collages but it had sold. He then wanted me to produce something similar but wanted to make it more personal. He had seen the characters in the original collage as being himself carrying his daughter. To make it more personal he asked if the figure on his shoulders could carry his daughters favourite toy, which went everywhere with her. We met up . took some photographs and produced several drawings. When we got the right image I progressed and produced the collage for them. It was much lighter and brighter than the original one. The client felt honoured to have been involved in the process and seeing the development of the work made it even more personal.

DIVING FAMILY PORTRAIT COMMISSION

This painting was commissioned by friends Paul and Jennifer Bromley. Myself and Jen were taught to Scuba Dive by Paul and my partner Sam. They now have two girls and wanted a painting to involve the four of them diving! They were happy with the result, done in acrylic on paper.

please message me if you have any ideas or questions about commissions or if you just want to make a comment on the work!